Experience That Shows
PERSONALIZED, PRIVATE TUTORING BY KIM WRIGHT
Local suburban Chicago mom/private tutor with over 15 years of public education experience as a teacher, school counselor, and administrator. I provide individualized and differentiated tutoring sessions and resources in all subject areas for grades PreK-9.
ABOUT ME
Hello, and thank you for visiting my website! My name is Kim Wright, and I am a local mom with over 15 years of educational experience as an Illinois-licensed teacher, administrator, and school counselor. I received my Bachelor's degree from Illinois State University in Elementary Education and Psychology in 2007. In 2012, I earned my Master's degree in School Counseling from Concordia University Chicago. Additionally, I earned a second Master's degree in School Administration in 2015 from Aurora University. I taught 7th and 8th grade Language Arts for many years before transitioning to Assistant Principal. I also have extensive training in various Reading, Mathematics & Science curricula as well as social-emotional, executive functioning, and test prep experience.
Please contact me via email at: tutorkimwright@gmail.com to schedule today!
Meeting Your Needs
AREAS OF SERVICE
All children learn at different paces and have unique learning needs, many of which may not be met in a traditional classroom. When parents begin to notice changes in their child's grades and gaps in their learning, families may turn to tutoring services for their children. In order to address enrichment and academic gaps, I provide different interventions tailored to individual student needs.
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Below is a preview of the different subject areas and interventions I can address through private tutoring in grades Prek-9:
ELA/READING TUTORING
Reading struggles have a wide impact — from serious stress at homework time, to lower self-esteem and participation in class. With my guidance and expertise, I will work with you and your child to fill in any academic gaps. Alternatively, I can also work with your child to enrich and challenge their academics if they are performing above grade-level.
I have a multitude of interventions I use to address areas of concern in:
-Fluency
-Reading Comprehension
-Phonemic Awareness
-Vocabulary
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I partner these interventions with the Common Core State Standards and grade-level curriculum to ensure your child is receiving targeted support in areas of weakness. I also individualize instruction and interventions to appeal to student interest.
MATH TUTORING
I assist in teaching your child how to understand math in an individual setting – my multi-faceted approach enables me to effectively explain math concepts and lend a helping hand to every student. I pride myself in fostering a caring, encouraging environment that helps kids thrive and learn!
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I can also assist your child to overcome homework frustration. I help kids understand the homework assignment so they feel better prepared to complete the work at home.
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Some areas of mathematics I address include:
-Addition & subtraction
-Fractions & decimals
-Measurement
-Problem solving
-Area, perimeter & volume
-Basic geometry
-Basic algebra
-Time & money
-Graphing
-Multiplication & division
WRITING TUTORING
Writing can be a very frustrating area for students of all ages. I aim to keep writing fun and interesting, while also providing personal writing instruction and interventions. For intense writing intervention, I utilize the Lucy Calkins and 6 +1 Writing Traits Curricula to assist in developing good writing skills.
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Some of the areas of writing I help to address are:
- Conventions (such as spelling, grammar and parts of speech)
- Good sentence and paragraph structure
- Organization in writing
- Application of composition techniques to writing assignments
TEST PREPARATION/HOMEWORK HELP/STUDY SKILLS
Whether it be high-stakes testing such as state testing or NWEA MAP, or a classroom-based curriculum assessment, I can help your child prepare. In addition, I can help your child develop and hone their study skills habits, helping to form good study skills that they can utilize for the rest of their life.
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SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING & SOCIAL SKILLS TUTORING
Supporting social interaction is an important piece of a student’s educational plan, as increasing social interaction and competency are vital to overall progress. The desire to make friends can often feel like a desperate attempt and the processes that allow social interaction to occur can be so overwhelming that often children do not know where to begin. I help students utilize their specific interests and apply it to social interaction. In order to build long lasting friendships, timing and attention, sensory integration, and communication are all factors that are addressed during our time together.
Social development encompasses a range of skills that can be built and layered to improve social competence (and competence breeds further interest) and interaction.
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SUPPORT
Executive function refers to the mental processes and skills we use to manage the tasks of daily life in school, in the workplace, and in our home life. These skills include: staying organized, planning and prioritizing, focusing and following directions, starting and finishing tasks, managing our time, and regulating our emotions and impulses in order to achieve all of the above. Not all students are born with the natural ability to have strong executive functioning skills, and often times these skills need to be modeled and taught. I don’t believe in teaching executive functioning skills in isolation; rather, I teach a new skill and then work with your student to practice it right away with their current work so that they see the application and importance right away!
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Executive Functioning tutoring can address the following needs:
- Time Management: Students with executive functioning challenges may struggle with figuring out how long
things will take and how to break up their study time efficiently.
- Organization: Executive functioning tutoring addresses organizational challenges applying to all aspects of
school: physical organization (backpacks and binders) and conceptual organization (outlines and class portals).
- Prioritization: We all have to learn to “juggle” priorities. Your child has multiple classes with assignments due.
Executive functioning tutoring can help them come up with systems and processes to figure out what to focus
on and when.
- Work Completion: I hear from parents all of the time that their student mastered the test material but is
struggling due to missing assignments. Executive functioning tutoring helps students to complete AND turn in
work.
- Long-term Planning: Executive functioning tutoring helps teach your child to break up large tasks into small,
manageable subgoals. Having an achievable next step helps students to ditch procrastination.
- Subject-specific coaching: Executive functioning skills are important across subject areas like in teaching a
student to plan and organize writing assignments and to select the right process for a math word problem.
